Keating: Antitrust actions and economics

The telecommunications industry was rocked on March 20 by the announced $39 billion purchase of Deutsche Telecom's T-Mobile USA by AT&T. The deal would make AT&T the largest wireless provider in the United States.
Currently, Verizon leads the nation in cellular subscribers, followed closely by AT&T, and then Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. The merged AT&T and ...